Budget Control Act

House lawmakers voted to raise the overall 2020 budget limit to $1.3 trillion Tuesday, allowing appropriators to begin work on spending bills, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later told reporters bipartisan budget talks are underway, Defense News reported. The House set a $733 billion top-line for national defense as part of a “deeming resolution”

House Democrats scrapped plans Tuesday for an expected vote to set this year’s spending after caucus progressives objected to top-line numbers and made demands for more non-defense spending, The Hill reported. The bill would have increased 2020 defense spending by $17 billion and non-defense spending by $34 billion, bringing the totals to $664 billion for

The House Budget Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would raise statutory spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. It would allow for $733 billion in defense spending for next year and $749 billion the following year. Three Democrats joined all Republicans opposing the measure, showing the progressive-moderate split in the Democratic caucus that makes

House Democrats are pushing a budget plan that would raise the statutory spending caps on fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The legislation – not an official budget resolution – would allow for $733 billion in defense spending. “[W]e will bring responsible governing back to the budget process, avoid uncertainty and the unrelenting threats of a

President Trump does not want a deal to raise mandatory spending caps, Axios reported Monday. The White House appears to be dug in on the topline numbers in the administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. The request pushes defense spending to $750 billion by putting extra money in the overseas contingency operations (OCO) account, which

Washington, D.C. — Defense spending is experiencing historical growth this year following the two-year budget deal lawmakers reached in February but it would be a mistake to assume the cash infusion is being used to significantly expand the military’s force structure, a panel of Washington-based experts said last week at the 2018 Defense Communities National